The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By oath of the sun and its light 1 By the moon when it followeth it, 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 by the sky and how He built it 5 By the earth and Him Who spread it forth, 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 And inspired in it the knowledge of its sins and its piety. 8 He who purifies it will indeed be successful, 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie 11 when the most wicked man among them rose up. 12 the Messenger of Allah said to them: '(This is) the shecamel of Allah, let her drink' 13 But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them]. 14 And He fears not its consequence. 15